tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84903933581811695362018-11-19T14:31:32.556+04:00Faculty of Agriculture, 100 years (1914-2014) From a College to a School and a Faculty K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.comBlogger522125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-23181068410687966762018-10-08T12:59:00.003+04:002018-10-08T12:59:55.138+04:00Workshop for Young AGRIPRENEUR- Register K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-547354727057263952018-09-13T15:13:00.002+04:002018-09-13T15:14:03.354+04:00Climate Smart Agriculture - Mauritius K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-7083293647413095822018-09-10T13:03:00.006+04:002018-10-15T17:13:01.048+04:00GLIMPSES OF CLASSES - DIPLOMA IN AGRICULTURE, RODRIGUESThe Diploma in Agriculture is currently being run for 26 technical staff of the Commission for Agriculture. This programme aims to upgrade knowledge of in-service staff of the various agricultural institutions in Rodrigues with a broad spectrum of scientific, technical and managerial skills needed to contribute to the future success of agriculture
The changing socio-economic pattern of RodriguesK.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-36581910864815935272018-09-01T14:35:00.001+04:002018-09-13T14:59:49.744+04:00Prof Lalljee retires from the University of Mauritius
PROF B.LALLJEE
Professor B Lalljee retired on the 1st September 2018 after having spent almost 29 years of meritorious service at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, which he joined on 12 September 1989. He has contributed to the Faculty and University with dedication and enthusiasm. His career started when he joined the Agricultural Chemistry Division of the Ministry K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-86994833782354501032018-08-30T16:13:00.000+04:002018-08-30T16:17:49.541+04:00Increasing the resilience of small farmers to the effects of climate change- Grant to Faculty of Agriculture
Prof Sunita Facknath ( on the Right), from the Faculty of Agriculture, recipient of one of the grant awards for the project
The Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security and the Delegation of
the European Union have awarded three new grants to the University of
Mauritius, the Irrigation Authority and the Mauritius Chamber of
Agriculture for the implementation of climate adaptation actionsK.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-26283230654975974162018-08-30T14:43:00.001+04:002018-08-30T14:43:16.668+04:00Memorial Kishore Mundil
TRIBUTE TO OUR COLLEAGUE - KISHORE MUNDIL
It was with a great shock and sadness that we heard of the sudden demise of Kishore Mundil on Monday 30th July 2018. In fact, he left his beloved ones on Thursday 26th July 2018 at his residence in Solférino, Vacoas. It was indeed very hard to believe that Kishore, as he was fondly known to some of us at the University, was no more, as many K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-23409540895101672382018-08-09T15:35:00.001+04:002018-08-09T17:35:03.353+04:00Vacancy - Assistant de projet- Smart Agriculture
La Chambre d'Agriculture recrute un Assistant de Projet pour Smart
Agriculture. Le recrutement du présent poste se fait dans l’objectif de
faciliter le travail entrepris par le FAREI dans le cadre de l’animation
des deux sous-réseaux de planteurs, et faciliter les échanges
d’informations entre le FAREI et la MCA. Il sera donc encadré par un
responsable du projet à la MCA et devra K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-91041752245398377342018-06-26T14:32:00.001+04:002018-06-26T17:25:37.814+04:00Visit by Ms Elvina Smith, Lecturer from CUT, South Africa
"Ms Elvina Smith, Lecturer, Central University of Technology (CUT), Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa, was at the Faculty of Agriculture, from the 18th June 2018 to 25th June 2018, in the context of her PhD study on entrepreneurship education in the field of environmental health, food hygiene and safety. During her visit, Ms Elvina Smith interviewed academics and students of the Faculty K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-28139420294735266452018-06-26T09:11:00.002+04:002018-06-26T09:14:55.691+04:00Aquaponics : an alternative and sustainable technology for farming
In the Budget 2018-19, the Minister of Finance Pravind Jugnauth announced that the government will provide funds for the sensitisation and training of households in aquaponics for the production of water adaptive vegetables in freshwater ponds and basins and that the Albion Fisheries Research Centre will provide fish fingerlings freely for the aquaponics projects. Aquaponics is considered as K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-57409564183690823762018-06-20T18:48:00.001+04:002018-06-20T19:08:51.230+04:00Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to climate change
adaptation and climate smart agriculture in SADCThis week CCARDESA in collaboration with the University of Mauritius is implementing a regional training course on Tackling climate change in agriculture: approaches to climate change adaptation in agriculture and climate smart agriculture. The training was officially launched by Professor Dhanjay Jhurry, CSK, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mauritius. In his opening speech, he highlighted K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-42030700853288247032018-06-15T11:30:00.004+04:002018-06-19T08:57:48.717+04:00GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR THE DIPLOMA IN FORESTRY AND FISHERIES IN RODRIGUES - 2018
The first batch of students of the Diploma in Forestry and Fisheries, which was launched in 2016, graduated on the 11 June 2018 after 2 years of study. The graduation ceremony was held at the Mon Plaisir Cultural Centre, Rodrigues and was attended by the Chancellor, Dr J.C. Autrey, the Vice Chancellor, Prof D. Jhurry and other officials of the University.
K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-34267687382410794322018-06-15T11:08:00.001+04:002018-06-15T11:08:16.020+04:00Training Agenda “Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture in the SADC Region”K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-53147440294259477822018-06-11T12:38:00.002+04:002018-06-11T12:38:52.179+04:00GLOBAL SOIL PARTNERSHIP Plenary Assembly - Sixth Session 2018,
Prof B. Lalljee at the FAO headquarters, June 2018
The Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly (PA) constitutes the main venue where all GSP partners come together to make important decisions about the global soil agenda. Prof B.Lalljee of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, is the representative of Maurtius at the 6th PA of the Global Soil Partnership being held at K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-40045023544332801642018-05-23T13:42:00.004+04:002018-05-24T13:18:33.166+04:00World Bee Day 2018 - Protecting the Pollinators
The United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution declaring 20 May as World Bee Day. Every year on this day, the attention of the global public will be drawn to the importance of preserving bees and other pollinators. People will be reminded of the importance of bees for the entire humanity and invited to take concrete action to preserve and protect them.
This week marks K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-16944070225023311532018-05-23T13:14:00.002+04:002018-05-23T13:14:25.119+04:00New Pesticide Use Bill
Le Pesticide Use Bill sera introduit le mardi 22 mai en première lecture à l'Assemblée nationale. Le Pesticide Use Bill sera introduit le mardi 22 mai en première lecture à l'Assemblée nationale. Le but étant d’offrir aux Mauriciens une alimentation saine. Avec la promulgation de cette loi, certains pesticides seront interdits et la production de légumes et fruits bio, seront favorisés. Le FoodK.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-85584606424894725072018-05-23T12:42:00.002+04:002018-05-23T12:42:09.843+04:00FOOD ACT, 1998 - AMENDEMENTS
Maurice fait partie des pays les mieux structurés en Afrique en ce qui concerne la sûreté alimentaire selon l'expert français de la FAO Didier Montet. Il a animé un atelier de travail à l’Hôtel Voilà Bagatelle a l'intention des cadres du ministère de l’Agro-industrie et de la Santé. L'objectif a terme est de proposer des recommandations pour amender la Food Act datant de 1998 pour éliminer les K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-61974321567645337642018-05-11T10:45:00.003+04:002018-05-11T10:46:07.366+04:00SUSTAINABLE AGRICUTURE AT SONGHAI FARM, BENIN
Government is committed to encourage the practice of organic farming among other methods of agricultural production with modern and intelligent techniques hence reducing the use of pesticides and other chemical inputs for a healthier nation.
The Minister of Agro-Industry and Food Security, Mr Mahen Kumar Seeruttun, made this statement yesterday during the opening of a workshop on Organic K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-79850766723210759472018-05-07T15:23:00.000+04:002018-05-07T15:23:33.396+04:00Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition
The National Open Data Portal comprising one hundred datasets encompassing 20 categories, has been launched, in the context of the Open Data Initiative for Mauritius.Open Data is data which is provided in a machine-readable format and is the public dissemination of all or part of the information from a Knowledge Management system.
K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-17022578285691081692018-05-03T09:36:00.001+04:002018-05-03T09:40:23.627+04:00WORKSHOP ON SKILLS STUDIES SURVEY FOR AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
Dear ALL Valued Alumni and Students of the Faculty of Agriculture,
The Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) is pleased to invite you to the presentation of findings of the skills studies survey for the Agriculture sector. The main objective of the Skills Studies 2017 was to assess the country’s skills needs in the short and medium term as well as to highlight issues related to skillsK.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-12939216204278417392018-04-26T14:06:00.000+04:002018-04-26T14:14:38.927+04:00Relationship between biodiversity and public health via an ecosystem services
Some examples of relationships between health, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. Its thus crucial that we alter the rapid loss in biodiversity.
K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-13739834292642436092018-04-25T11:40:00.000+04:002018-04-25T11:40:33.652+04:00PIG PRODUCTION IN MAURITIUSK.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-35190626255668699062018-04-25T11:33:00.003+04:002018-04-25T11:36:05.799+04:00MONKEY BREEDING FARM
Source; MBC TVK.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-40202870524441214892018-04-25T10:37:00.000+04:002018-04-25T11:00:56.617+04:00Tribute to Prof J. Manrakhan, former VC of the University of Mauritius
Tribute to Prof J. Manrakhan, former VC of the University of Mauritius
K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-14989600152898403612018-04-18T11:55:00.002+04:002018-04-20T15:56:01.797+04:00Talk by Prof P. MARTENS
The talk of Prof P. Marten is available here
and his website can be consulted
Meeting with Prof D. Jhurry, VC of the University of Mauritius
Abstract: If we look at the many sustainability indicators that have been developed over the years, it is striking to see that animal and human health and wellbeing hardly plays a role. The reason that ‘health and ‘sustainability’ are not often K.Boodhoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612269567448049740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8490393358181169536.post-10817351857327460712018-04-14T12:00:00.000+04:002018-04-14T16:18:46.918+04:00PROF B. LALLJEE - KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE ICFA CONFERENCE
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